My Book of Cursive Writing (Kumon)

A gentle introduction to cursive writing, the introductory Letters workbook teaches cursive lowercase letters followed by cursive uppercase letters. Each letter illustrates the print to cursive transformation, models how to make the cursive letter, and provides dotted-line tracing practice for that letter. The letters are not taught alphabetically, but grouped by similar cursive shapes, with the easier shapes presented first. For example, the lowercase "c" is taught before "a" and "o" is taught before "d". The Words workbook builds on the Letters foundation, this time exploring the connections between cursive letters to form whole words. Much of the workbook consists of dotted-line tracing of common 3-5 letter words. Towards the end, free-form cursive writing is practiced. Like all Kumon workbooks, this series features colorful illustrations and review pages throughout. 76 pgs. Anh